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Accident: 119009.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries In Fall From Fixed Ladder

Accident: 119009.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/23/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1397545.01505/01/2019Opportunity Staffing Inc
At 11:45 a.m. on April 23, 2019, an employee was working on an elevated work pla tform 10 feet above ground level cutting open large bags of bulk spices and herb s to feed into the entry hopper of an Oliver Hi-Cap Gravity Separator. The emplo yee was descending the fixed access ladder when he fell approximately 6 feet to the floor below. The employee struck his head and back on the solid concrete flo or and bounced several feet away from the ladder after initial impact losing con sciousness. The employee incurred lacerations and trauma to the back, legs, head and arms and was hospitalized.
Keywords: arm, back, blunt force, blunt force trauma, climbing on ladder, concussion, contusion, fall, fixed ladder, food processing, head, laceration, ladder, leg, loss of consciousness, staffing agency, temporary employment
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1397545.015 41 M Hospitalized injury

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